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  1. FAIL on First iPhone Worm Discovered, Rickrolls Jailbroken Phones · · Score: 1

    Virus is replacing a static image, not a video.
    Image should be replaced with a duckroll.

    No proper villains these days.

  2. Re:Just waiting for this e-mail on Now Linux Can Get Viruses, Via Wine · · Score: 1

    ..doesn't have alien

    It can:

    You will need:
    alien.rpm
    html2text.rpm
    alien tarball
    pwgen.deb(example)

    Download and install the deb package (Debian package tools for Fedora) and the html2text package. Both of these are needed for alien to work correctly and do not come by default on Fedora, nor can they be found in standard yum repositories. You will need to use the RPM flag "--nodeps" in order to install. The software wants the alternatives package, which under Debian has a different name and is thus not found. However the Red Hat /Fedora alternatives will work just fine!

    Alien is a Perl script in its current form. So it doesn't use the standard install methods for tar-balls. Instead you should read the directions in the "INSTALL" file, modified as shown below.

    perl Makefile.PL
    make PREFIX=/usr
    su -c 'make PREFIX=/usr install'

    Finally try it out:

    $ man alien
    $ alien --version
    $ su
    # alien --to-rpm pwgen*.deb
    # rpm -Uvh pwgen*.rpm
    # exit
    $ pwgen

    from:
    content.hccfl.edu

  3. Re:Still can't uninstall? on Mozilla Unblocks Microsoft's .NET Addon · · Score: 1

    "hidden

    Firefox 1.0 - 3.5 A boolean value that when true makes the add-on not show up in the add-ons list, provided the add-on is installed in a restricted access area (so it does not work for add-ons installed in the profile). This is for bundling integration hooks to larger applications where having an entry in the Extensions list does not make sense."

    You forgot the rest--

    Note: This property is no longer supported under Gecko 1.9.2 (Firefox 3.6) or later, to prevent extensions from being installed in such a way that the user might not be able to tell they're installed.

  4. Ahem on Why Microsoft's EU Ballot Screen Doesn't Measure Up · · Score: 1

    ftp releases.mozilla.org

    High-traffic release files will get 403'd in ftp.*

  5. but on Nissan Gives Electric Cars Blade Runner Audio Effect · · Score: 1

    I want a real flying car
    Just because it sounds the same doesn't make it the same

    I want one.

  6. Re:great on Using Encryption Garners Exemption For Data Breach Notification · · Score: 3, Informative

    According to the pdf it has to meet FIPS 140-2, and implies ssl/tls level of encryption.
    (IANANES, so I'm not sure just how good that is.)

    I can hear people saying I must be new here but I only skimmed TFA.

  7. Re:Damn unicode... on Skype Founders File Copyright Suit Against eBay · · Score: 1

    That's a goddamn lie. No one ever reads the fucking articles!

    which explains some of the comments...

    other comments have no explanation.

  8. Re:And then what? on Apple Pulls C64 Emulator From the App Store · · Score: 1
    it wasn't at first, but times have changed

    LAME started life as a GPL'd patch against the dist10 ISO demonstration source, and thus was incapable of producing an mp3 stream or even being compiled by itself. But in May 2000, the last remnants of the ISO source code were replaced, and now LAME is the source code for a fully LGPL'd MP3 encoder...

  9. Reverse the Polarity on Has the WebOS Finally Arrived? · · Score: 3, Funny

    If that doesn't work try running it through the main deflector array.

  10. Re:I was hoping there was a joke in there on How To Hire a Hacker · · Score: 2, Informative

    Took awhile to see the joke-- I guess i really am stupider at 2am. :D

  11. Re:AC Delivers 1st Posts to Slashdot Via Nanoposts on Scientists Deliver Bee Toxin To Tumors Via "Nanobees" · · Score: 1
    I tried that and all i got was a blank screen and this:

    Gnu nano 2.0.7 new buffer

    --blank screen--

    ^G Get Help ^O WriteOut ^R Read File ^Y Prev Page ^K Cut Text ^C Cur Pos
    ^X Exit ^J Justify ^W Where Is ^V Next Page ^U UnCut Text^T To Spell

    Is this like notepad?

  12. Apples and Oranges on Ksplice Offers Rebootless Updates For Ubuntu Systems · · Score: 1

    Even better..
    Apple and Orange Pie

  13. Re:WTF on Montana City Requires Workers' Internet Accounts · · Score: 1

    It also violates terms of service for several websites(slashdot just disclaims liability).

  14. Web Bug Blockers on Sniffing Browser History Without Javascript · · Score: 1

    Eg. IMG like opera..
    You should only load remote images on demand.
    Sounds like a no-brainer to me.

    Yeah , I know must be new here..

  15. Mod Parent Up on SourceForge To Acquire Development Portal Ohloh.net · · Score: 2

    that one made me laugh..
    (posting to clear downmod
    stupid dropdown needs an undo)

  16. You must be new here... on How To Help a Friend With an MMO Addiction? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    /s /jerk /insensitive clod! HTH HAND :-)

  17. Ahem on Gartner Tells Businesses to Forget About Vista · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Keep on walking (just sayin.)
    Isn't Gartner part of MSFT's marketing division anyway?

  18. Re:And... on Draft Stem Cell Guidelines Threaten Research · · Score: 1

    Going without sex is like having a breakdown along a country road on a warm spring morning.
    If you are used to driving everywhere, this is more a hardship than to a habitual walker(more in shape, etc.)

    Going without oxygen is like walking along a freeway in a driving snowstorm.

    During rush hour.

  19. *Waves Hand* on Break-In Compromises 160k Medical Records At UC Berkeley · · Score: 1

    I thought it meant BSD software distribution.

  20. Re:Sharing on MS Releases Open Source Alternative To BigTable · · Score: 1

    To be a ninja, you only have to share something you made yourself.

  21. branding.cab on Why Do We Name Servers the Way We Do? · · Score: 1
    I have no brand loyalty..
    • vectra
    • gateway
    • frankenstien(homebuilt model)
    • antec(!)
    • lc(Linux Certified)
  22. Re:Turbo button... on How To Diagnose a Suddenly Slow Windows Computer? · · Score: 1

    lots of older apps(games) used the processor clock instead of the real-time clock for timing. Imagine playing a pac-man game at 10x speed. Scary fun. :-)

  23. Re:Hack your AP on How Best To Deal With WiFi Interference? · · Score: 1

    Shhh

  24. Re:Who will replace her? on Majel Roddenberry Dies At 76 · · Score: 1

    The show used a stylized monotone for the computer dialog. The inflections are minimal to missing.

  25. Re:Think Different! on 2009, Year of the Linux Delusion · · Score: 1

    Hear, Hear.
    When are we going to have a XUL wrapper for LanguageTool?